A process for manufacturing cinnamon tea pod from cinnamomum zeylanicum

A process (100) for manufacturing cinnamon tea pod, the process comprising:

• pre-treating cinnamon leaves by blanching the said leaves for a predefined time set to enable a cessation of enzymatic activity in the said cinnamon leaves;
• dehydrating the said cinnamon leaves at a preset dehydrating conditions to prepare cinnamon leaves particles;
• preparing cinnamon bark extract powder under predefined conditions;
• mixing the said cinnamon leaves particles with the said cinnamon bark extract powder in a predefined ratio;
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• preparing tea pods comprising the mixed cinnamon leaves particles with the said cinnamon bark extract,
• wherein the said cinnamon leaves comprises Ceylon zeylanicum leaves, and wherein the mixing of the said leaves particles with the said bark extract powder comprises mixing the Ceylon zeylanicum particles and the cinnamon bark extract powder in a ratio of 98 wt. % to 2 wt. % respectively.